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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440206156
ISBN: 0440206154
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: May 09, 2000
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: May 02, 1990
Studio: Dell
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Editorial Review:
Lying on a cot in his cell with Alexandre Dumas's Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine open on his chest, Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter makes his debut in this legendary horror novel, which is even better than its sequel, The Silence of the Lambs. As in Silence, the pulse-pounding suspense plot involves a hypersensitive FBI sleuth who consults psycho psychiatrist Lecter for clues to catching a killer on the loose.
The sleuth, Will Graham, actually quit the FBI after nearly getting killed by Lecter while nabbing him, but fear isn't what bugs him about crime busting. It's just too creepy to get inside a killer's twisted mind. But he comes back to stop a madman who's been butchering entire families. The FBI needs Graham's insight, and Graham needs Lecter's genius. But Lecter is a clever fiend, and he manipulates both Graham and the killer at large from his cell.
That killer, Francis Dolarhyde, works in a film lab, where he picks his victims by studying their home movies. He's obsessed with William Blake's bizarre painting The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, believing there's a red dragon within him, the personification of his demonic drives. Flashbacks to Dolarhyde's terrifying childhood and superb stream-of-consciousness prose get us right there inside his head. When Dolarhyde does weird things, we understand why. We sympathize when the voice of the cruel dead grandma who raised and crazed him urges him to mayhem--she's way scarier than that old bat in Psycho. When he falls in love with a blind girl at the lab, we hope he doesn't give in to Grandma's violent advice.
This book is awesomely detailed, ingeniously plotted, judiciously gory, and fantastically imagined. If you haven't read it, you've never had the creeps. --Tim Appelo
MEET HANNIBAL LECTER FOR THE FIRST TIME.In the realm of psychological suspense, Thomas Harris stands alone. Exploring both the nature of human evil and the nerve-racking anatomy of a forensic investigation, Harris unleashes a frightening vision of the dark side of our well-lighted world. In this extraordinary novel, which preceded The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, Harris introduced the unforgettable character Dr. Hannibal Lecter. And in it, Will Graham—the FBI man who hunted Lecter down—risks his sanity and his life to duel a killer called the...Red Dragon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very Entertaining
This is the book on which Harris' writing career was predicated, and I think his recognition is well-earned.
While hardly groundbreaking, this fast-paced suspense novel wraps up every chapter with a cliffhanger. The writing is leaner and more fast-paced than the later books in the series, and I think that's a good thing.
Dolarhyde, who is maybe a little cartoonish, is nonetheless entertaining to read about. He seems to develop a split personality, one of which is the bloodthirsty ... Read More
Rating:  - Red Dragon
This was a fantastic book, better than the movie. It was in great shape for a great price.
Rating: - Fantastic novel. . .
Red Dragon is an excellent book. Thomas Harris is a master of creating suspenseful stories. The characters that Harris creates fit into the story perfectly. Thomas Harris takes the reader on a psychological rollercoaster ride for the entire novel. Overall, Red Dragon is a must read novel. A+ for Thomas Harris and Red Dragon.
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
Early Hannibal the Cannibal.
Much like the later Silence of the Lambs we have a serial killer to catch of the rather strange variety, FBI political machinations, and the need for the help of the very scary, even while in prison Lecter.
Not as good as the later book, but if you like that quite a bit you should find this quite good, too.
Rating: - A Masterpiece. A Terrific Novel.
"Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris is the novel that introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter and preceded the novels "The Silence of the Lambs," "Hannibal," and "Hannibal Rising." It's been adapted as a film twice, in the form of "Manhunter" and "Red Dragon"
And, upon its release, Stephen King proclaimed that it was the best American novel to be published since "The Godfather." I haven't seen "Manhunter," but I've seen the film version of "Red Dragon" and I thought it was terrific. The novel is just as good, ... Read More
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